Ainsworth, Ed, 1902-1968

Edward Maddin Ainsworth was born in 1902 in Waco, TX; attended Texas A & M and UCLA; worked for newspapers in Waco, TX, San Pedro and Bakersfield, CA, and Atlanta, GA, before coming to work at the Los Angeles Times as a copyreader in 1924; progressed from city editor to state editor, editorial page editor, asst. to the managing editor, and eventually became a columnist; author of column, On the move; member, Board of Governors, Los Angeles County Museum; member, Zamorano Club, Death Valley 49'ers, and E Clampus Vitus; wrote several books on Californiana and the West and also contributed to various magazines; married Katherine Lake, chief librarian in Monrovia, CA, 1931; died in 1968.

From the description of Papers, 1945-1968. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 38060671

Biography

Edward Maddin Ainsworth was born in 1902 in Waco, Texas; attended Texas A & M and UCLA; worked for newspapers in Waco, Texas, San Pedro and Bakersfield, California, and Atlanta, Georgia, before coming to work at the Los Angeles Times as a copyreader in 1924; progressed from city editor to state editor, editorial page editor, assistant to the managing editor, and eventually became a columnist; author of column, On the Move; member, Board of Governors, Los Angeles County Museum; member, Zamorano Club, Death Valley 49'ers, and E Clampus Vitus; wrote several books on California and the West and also contributed to various magazines; married Katherine Lake, chief librarian in Monrovia, California, 1931; died in 1968.

From the guide to the Ed Ainsworth Papers, 1945-1968, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.)